Pine Lake, GA 30083 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Pine Lake, GA?
Around 03/25 is the usual last spring frost, about 209 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/09, about 228 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Pine Lake in Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 10 weeks of growing season left in Pine Lake before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Pine Lake's last frost
03/25 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/05 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/12 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Pine Lake compares
At roughly 228 frost-free days, Pine Lake places 10,884 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within GA, it ranks 639 of 921.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Pine Lake can differ from the 30083 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8a and Pine Lake's frost date answer different questions.